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Heavily invested. This is one of several protests around the bay area which started in San Francisco. A section of San Franciscos Market Street was closed as demonstrators made their case for stopping the construction of the north Dakota Access pipe line. The Company Behind it awaits the approval of the army corps of engineers to build part of the pipeline under the missouri river. But its like where is it safe to destroy peoples water sources because its got to go under the river in order to get to where its going and it doesnt need to be going in the first place. Reporter maria cole lives in missouri. Shes visiting her daughter in the bay area and felt she had to voice her disapproval. Its going to run downhill. Its going to affect the mid well. Im from the midwest. Its coming through those states, and we are all going to suffer when the water is polluted. The north Dakota Access pipeline would run from north dakota to illinois transferring crude oil. Its 80 complee except for a section that would run under the missouri river. That site is near the Standing Rock indian reservation. Yesterday the army corps of engineer halted the project saying additional discussion with the Standing Rock sioux tribe and analysis are warranted. Energy transfer partners, which is behind the pipeline, criticized the army corps for engaging in what can only be described as a sham process that sends a frightening message about the rule of law. Theres nothing that we do to the earth that were not doing to ourselves. Reporter Energy Transfer based in texas is now asking a Federal District judge in washington to assert their legal right of way to build. Lieian melendez, abc 7 news. And we used the abc 7 news app to send alerts throughout the morning as the protests moved through the city. You can keep up to date with alerts on your phone or your tablet by downloading the abc 7 news app and make sure you enable the push alerts. The Oklahoma City airport remains shut down this afternoon. Heavily armed officers are looking for the person who shot and killed a 52yearold Southwest Airlines worker outside of a parking garage. Authorities immediately closed Will Rogers World Airport and advised people inside to shelter in place. Were being told police are preparing to move people out of the airport. So far no information has been released about the suspects. Five High School Students who were stabbed by a classmate in the boys locker room are hospitalized in orom, utah. The 16yearold suspect is also being treated. He stabbed himself before a School Resource officer subdued him with a taser. Authorities havent released a motive for the attack so far. The suspect was a new student with straight as who had previously been homeschooled. There are ongoing demonstrations protesting the president ial election nationwide. Abc 7 news was in san mateo where students from aragon and san mateo high schools walked out of class. You can see the big crowd also gathering in athens, greece. At trump tower president elect donald trump is meeting with Vice President elect mike pence and people are speaking out against the alleged hate crimes targeting minorities since the election. Not my president not my president reporter another day, another show of defiance. Im out here as well to support womens rights and racial equality and pretty much everything he stands against. Reporter students from new york to d. C. , some too young to vote but all worried about their future walking out of class and joining the ongoing protests against president elect donald trump. The next four years, it really is up to us to kind of fight for the things that i think donald trump will change or will try to change. Reporter these daily marches and rallies across the country coinciding with the uptick in reports of hate crimes since election day. More than 300 hate incidents reported so far, most against minority and religious groups. Among latest, an Indiana Church defaced with graffiti including a swastika and in Massachusetts Police investigating these threatening letters. We just wanted as a neighborhood to come out and say that its not what we feel. Were very inclusive. Reporter now in a different show of solidarity against these alleged acts of hate neighbors are speaking out and students standing united. Its just absurd and horrible. Thats why were here tonight to show that were against it. Reporter this scene at the university of michigan monday night after two Muslim Students reported falling victim to separate bias attacks. Trump himself has also said he is saddened by these reports urging the perpetrators to stop and vowing he will work to bring our country back together. Elizabeth husband abc news, new york. The mayor for the West Virginia town of clay has resigned amid fallout from a racist Facebook Post about first Lady Michelle obama. Beverly wayling stepped down. She had commented on a post from another city worker who referred to mrs. Obama as an ape in. Hes the woman behind the original post was removed from her job. Twitter is expanding ways to curb the amount of abuse that users see. The San Franciscobased company is expanding its mute function so starting now users will be able to mute key words, phrases and conversations that they just dont want to see. Twitter also says its making it easier to report hateful conduct and will also retrain its support teams about its policies and hateful conduct. We have had little rain over the last 24 hours, and i place emphasis on the word little. Heres doppler and you can see some clouds around. Some spotty drizzle or light, light sprinkle is going on. 24hour rainfall totals. A trace here in San Francisco and across the bay in oakland. 01 in los gatos and. 01 in santa rosa. A few damp spots. The swru at golden gate bridge. 61 oakland, mountianview, san jose and 67 at gilroy and 59 at half moon bay. Nice view of the western sky from emeriville with clouds over the bay. 59 right now at santa rosa and novato, fairfield, hayward and 59 at livermore. A little forecast animation starting at 8 00 this evening. Well see the high clouds pass through and give us a bit of clearing during the Early Morning hours and then clouds will return by can the with a few spotty and very, very light sprinkles. Doesnt look like well get any significant rainfall by tomorrow, but well have some over the weekend. A look at rain coming our way over the weekend. Ama . Thank you, spencer. Today the owners of a walnut creek bar made a case to keep it open later than a city wants because of an Ongoing Police problems. Last month the Planning Commission ordered crowingan Sports Bar Grill to close at 12 30 a. M. Instead of 2 30. The owners filed an appeal and told the city council on n a special meet i go it should be opened later. Residents say an influx of young people can cause problems but shouldnt be too much for the city to handle. I think they should consult with San Francisco and how they deal with it. The bars and restaurants there are open until 2 00 this morning. Last call at 1 30. They are able to handle it and walnut creek could handle it as well. Crowigans has had several calls for Police Assistance and one man was murdered outside the bar. They have agreed to a dozen recommendations including serving more food. Police in San Francisco are searching for three suspects wanted in a brazen burglary. We have Surveillance Video of a breakin that occurred last month in the soma neighborhood. Three suspects entered the building on channel street and got away with more than 100,000 in jewelry and electronics. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00, criticism and complimentsed a president elect trumps criticism gets under way. Why its unifying some americans and others say its dividing them. Up next, raising the minimum wage. Can the city of san jose stay on track with its goals . We hope they stop the crowd, dungeness. There are high hopes from crab fishermen as the commercial crab season gets under way. And at 4 09, a live look at the afternoon commute. This is a live shot of the golden gate bridge. You can see its an overcast day and maybe a couple of drops or two there, but traffic not impeded at all moving nicely in both directions. Back w heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing coughing breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask covered california. Its more than just health care. Its life care. Bay area cities are on the fast track to raise minimum wage to 15 an hour ahead of the states deadline. Right now San Franciscos minimum wage is 13 an hour and oaklands about l go up to 12. 68 an hour in january. San jose is still at 10, the states minimum wage. Advocates are concerned san jose is falling behind in its commitment to make the minimum 15 an hour by 2019. Abc 7 News Reporter Lonnie Rivera joining us now at city hall where the council is talking to meat about the time line for this wage hike. Reporter yes, thats right. San Jose City Council is taking up the minimum wage item as we speak right now. They will be looking at things such as the time line and who might be exempt. All of those things are being taken up this evening for a vote. 35 employees work at Fourth Street Pizza Company in downtown san jose. The owner of this Small Business sees the pros and cons of a 15 wage hike by 2019. How expensive everything is in this area, people need a living wage. You know, i also kind of see it turns into a cycle where restaurants have to raise their prices and other stuff gets raised. Reporter that means higher prices on the menu to absorb the cost of raising salaries for his employees. Outside this pizza shop advocates say a wage hike is long overdue in san jose. Back in 2010, Scott Meyers Lipton let san jose students in the fight for 15 movement. Lipton says the city is dragging its feet with what began as a socalled regional approach. In six weeks from now mountianview and sunnyvale will going to go to 13 so were going to be were at 10. 40 going up. They are going to 13. By july well go to 11 something or 12. Thats too late. Reporter mayor sim lick yardo is common about the broad support for the wage increase, but the details of the time lines still needs to be ironed out. Whether or not teenagers under the age of 18 might be exempt, for example, and whether we start in july or january. We have broad consensus. Reporter San Jose City leaders will wrestle will finalizing the language of the minimum wage proposal. Lonni rivera, abc 7 news. Happening now in San Francisco, Public Comment on a proposal to place even tighter restrictions on Property Owners to use sites like airbnb. City supervisors are planning to vote on proposed legislation to cut homesharing rentals to just 60 nights a year. Yesterday airbnb offered to cap rentals at 90 days, the citys current max. It also offered to create a mandatory Registration System and provide names, addresses and other info to the city. The change of tone comes days after a judge indicated he would likely rule in favor of the city in a lawsuit over homesharing regulations. Jetblue is having a big sale but you need to act fast if you want to get in on this. Some fares are below 100 round trip. In fact, we found a oneway fare from sfo to las vegas for 34. Ama, i dont i dont know what were going to do. Just book it. Just find something. Figure out something to do. Ill get a massage, it will be great. Ill win back all the money. The flights are for december through march and there are blackout dates. Tickets do not include checked luggage. The sale ends at 11 59 tomorrow night. Billionaire businessman Warren Buffett is betting those types of sales will be big moneymakers for the airlines. Stocks in united, delta, american and southwest all soared today after it was revealed that buffets Company Berkshire hathaway invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the four careiers. This is a surprise move because back in 2007 buffet called airlines a, quote, bottomless pit. Well, aaa is predicting thanksgiving travel this year will be the busiest since the great recession. The club is forecasting more than 48 million americans will hit the roads and take to the skies. More than 1 million americans will go 50 miles from home, a 2 increase over last year. One factor in the forecast, gas prices are the Second Lowest they have been in nearly a decade. Well, this morning a San Francisco woman accomplished something that has never been done before. Her Group Successfully swam across the dead sea. Yes. Abc 7 news anchor kriningnchor s here with more live. Reporter these are the 28 swimmers who achieved impossible. Among them kim chambers right there, a 39yearold San Francisco resident and cal berkeley alumni. She tweeted this lovely picture afterwards, but i want you to see what they did in seven hours. Look at this, swimming nearly ten miles from jordan to israel in lifethreatening conditions using special masks to guard against the extreme salt content which also makes the water dense and hard to push an arm into, so why take on this challenge . The International Group wants to shine a light on the shrinking of this historic body of water due to farming issues. Kim had trained for this in San Francisco bay. Abc 7 news did a story on her last year when she became the first woman to swim from the fairlawn islands to the golden gate bridge. Kim talked about us by phone today after the swim. Because its so salty it was it actually could be potentially fatal if ingested in your lungs or stomach. We have a few aches and pains and a bit of chafing and some bloodshot eyes but overall were pretty excited and and marveling at what we did. Reporter coworkers at adobe in san jose where kim is a Community Engagement manager are all extremely proud today. Larry and ama . That is incredible. It is just amazing. I mean, you talk about the hours of training that would go into Something Like that. Fantastic. All right. Lets get a look at the forecast and Spencer Christian is here. Driving in, im looking around. Just feels like it wants to rain, but its not quite there. A little moisture. Just trying. I needed my wipers on for two minutes and then it stopped, but theres more rain on the way. We may not get any significant rain until the weekend. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Ill shoal you whats happening right now. A few clouds around. A couple little moist spots out there. Probably some spotty drizzle but not much more than that is happening right now. Heres a look at current wind conditions. Its breezy in some spots. Not terribly gusty. We have gusts to 13 Miles Per Hour at novato and 20 Miles Per Hour gusts at mountianview and, again, its breeze out there and will be again tomorrow. Heres view from the rooftop camera here at abc 7 looking out over the bay where its mostly cloudy at the moment and these are our forecast futures. A cooler pattern for the next couple of days beginning tomorrow and chilly mornings will prevail the next two days as well and then rain arrives over the weekend along with clouds that will bring temperatures back up again. Tonights lows in the low 40s in the north day valleys at nappa and santa roseau. Upper 40s and upper 50s around the bays and tomorrows highs under mostly sunny skies, will range from upper 50s to about 60 at the coast. Well see mainly low 60s and a couple mid60s in some of the mildest locations inland and around the bay. Cooler than today was. Using the morning low indicators, average low is 40 in santa rosa. Thursday morning a little chilly, one degree below the average. 39 degrees and look at how the lows bounce back quickly towards the end of the week as the clouds come in that will bring us our weekend rainfall and well see milder mornings in most locations then. Storm impact scales. We range storms by their intensity rank their intensity numerically from 1 which is light to 5 which is very severe and the storm approaching ranks 1 is on the impact scale. It will bring light to moderate rainfall so lets skip ahead to 5 00 a. M. Saturday. Forecast animation. Periods of rain developing and continuing through the day sunday and actually into sunday night and early monday morning and we project rainfall totals will be fairly substantial ranging from nearly. 7 down in san jose to an inch and a half or more up in santa rosa. Looks like a wet weekend if this forecast holds up. Cooling down tomorrow and thursday, and it will warm up again friday afternoon. Rain arrives saturday. Storm ranks a 1 as it will also on sunday. Rain will taper off on monday morning though there could be some lingering Early Morning showers and well get partly cloudy skies going into the early days of next week. Doesnt look like were going to get much of a warmup next week so were probably locked into a more seasonal temperature range right now. By the way, download the abc 7 news app and enable push alerts and youll get all the updated information on the approaching storm this weekend. Great way to get it. Coming up, what couldnt cutest ever version of the mannequin challenge. They did pretty well. And bat kid three years later. Well tell you how hes doing after the make a wish surprise that touch the world. Another live look at the afternoon commute, and this is the san mateo bridge. Slow going on the left side heading back towards the east bay. Righthand side towards the peninsula looking good. Back with more in just a m from politicians to athletes just about everybody has tried the mannequin challenge. Under water, thats special. This has to be the cutest effort level. Look at the six kids in new jersey, and they went viral with their attempt. Youre not supposed to move, guys. No blinking is allowed. They are trying. They didnt exactly nail it, but if youre this cute it doesnt really matter. Yeah, right, absolutely. Three years ago today something very special happened in San Francisco. People were going nuts. Seriously, it was like brad pitt just walked up. It wasnt brad pitt but a 5yearold boy who had leukemia did get the movie star treatment. Make a wish greater bay area helped miles scott become the bat kid for a day. The story was so moving it was turned into a documentary. So you may be wondering what hes up to these days. Miles is now 8 years old and were told hes thriving. He plays Little League baseball and now has two younger brothers. Miles says having his wish granted was such an important part of his recovery. Thats awesome. Yeah. Illusionist david blaine returns to Primetime Television tonight for a new special, david blaine, beyond magic and its revealing and includes stars like John Travolta and david beckham. Can i borrow your wedding rink. In magic you take rings and long them together. Right, right. Mind if i take davids wedding ring. No, go for it. Can i borrow that ring. Mmhmm. Yeah. Okay. Im wondering what hes going to do next. Whats next . Blaine pulls the lid off his signature brand of street magic and even steph curry gets in on the action in some of this. This looks pretty good. Watch david blaine. Beyond magic right here on abc 7. Still to come on abc 7 news at 4 00,. Welcome to the dawn of a new unified republican government. A united front from republicans as president elect trumps transition moves ahead. A look at who is in and who is already out. A shakeup in the house after the election. Democratic leader nancy pelosi facing a major who won the game, who won on the dancing show. I mean, if i watched that show. Same with my banking. With my bank of america mobile banking app, i can see my accounts all in one place. I can easily manage them and if something doesnt look right, im going to know. Plus, i can set up alerts to help detect unusual activity. So i feel secure. Wait, he won . Thats an average tango. At best. And heres a look at the headlines at 4 30. Demonstrators shut down Market Street in San Francisco today protesting an Oil Pipeline Project in north dakota. Hundreds of people concerned about the Environmental Impact marched through the city chanting water is life. Jessica castro with abc 7 mornings tweeted this photo showing this group sitting in the middle of Market Street and they also walked to the army corps of engineers regional headquarters. The army corps will decide if that project will continue or be altered. Reporter vic lee tweeted showing hundreds of students marching in protest of the election results. As vic tells us at 5 00, this will come at a price. Donald trumps first major decisions as the president elect are drawing criticism from many with democrats on capitol hill petitioning against one of his newly appointed team members. Meanwhile, republicans working on their united front. Heres abc News Reporter maggi rulli. Reporter president elect donald trump received his first president ial briefing today in trump tower from. Now on trump and mike pence will get the same daily updates as president obama. Hes going to be a great president , really is. Reporter trumps team is rallying around him. Theres now speculation that secretary of state will go to either former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani or former u. N. Ambassador john bolton. One name definitely not on the list anywhere in his cabinet, ben carson. Abc news has learned that the former gop president ial candidate has taken himself out of the running. But theres one appointee who has already been confirmed by trump polarizing politicians on the hill. Stephen bannon. Recently the editor of breitbart, a conservative news outlet considered to be a voice for white nationalists. Democrats in congress are signing a letter to the president elect urging him to rescind his appointment of bannon. Welcome to the dawn of a new unified republican government. Reporter while many republicans will be working closely with the Trump Administration, are taking amore balanced approach when it comes to talking bannon. This is a person who helped him win an incredible victory and incredible campaign. The president is going to be judged on the results of this administration. Reporter the divisive election is now dominating president obamas final overseas tour. He calls International Concerns when asked, but also throws a subtle jab. And those folks who voted for the president elect are better off than they were when i came into office. Reporter current president decides what the president elect should receive and president obama decided donald trump should know the intelligence of the full president ial faily briefing. Thats what president bush did for him eight years ago. California senator Barbara Boxer plans to introduce legislation to eliminate the electoral college. The bay area democrat says the system is outdated, undemocratic and doesnt reflect modern society. Every american should be guaranteed their vote counts. We spoke with boxer by found this afternoon. Right now we have a situation where the only office in the land where you win and do had a you may not win with. You may lose. This is crazy. Hillary clinton currently leads the popular vote by nearly a million involvements the New York Times estimates clinton may win the popular vote by more than 2 million votes once all the ballots are counted. Wow. The fallout from the election isnt just at the white house. Now it appears the position of San Franciscos nancy pelosi as the top democrat in congress may be in some real trouble. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony joins us live now from walnut creek. Laura . Reporter well, larry, the democrats in washington put off their leadership vote today until after thanksgiving and while pelosi is downplaying the significance of that development, others are saying its time for a change. Shes been the democratic leader in the house, including speaker, for 14 years, but now it seems the role of San Franciscos nancy pelosi is in jeopardy. Its not clear who the leadership of this party is at this point. Reporter Steve Wolford professor of politics. I think there is a fundamental polarization going on in this country, and the Democratic Party has to decide what it wants to do to rebuild a winning coalition. Reporter the potential shakeup at the top comes after democrats were soundly beaten in last weeks election from Hillary Clinton on down, a result some say pelosi should have seen coming. Leader pelosi has been a stalwart and a great leader for our party. Reporter but others like contra costa Democratic Central Committee member jerome andel says he sees the San Francisco democrat as the best choice to lead the party into the future, especially during a Trump Administration. I understand the inkling and the interest that some members may have in making a leadership change, but one of the things thats been the hallmark of pelosis leadership of our House Democratic caucus is whenever members come to here, even just a few of them in expressing concerns about how things are done, she listens. Reporter the democrats now have their leadership votes set for november 30th so challengers to pelosi have two weeks to step up. Laura anthony, abc 7 news. Former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsome trying to climb the political heard but says he has no desire to run for president. In an interview at the Code Enterprise conference in San Francisco today he says he thinks it seems like the most miserable job in the world and doesnt even want to talk about it. Newsome, however, is running for governor of california in the 2018 election. French president Francois Hollande says the Paris Agreement to fight Climate Change is irreversible and the Trump Administration must respect the decision by president obama to join the pact. Hollande says france will hold a respectful dialogue with president elect donald trump on Climate Change and demands u. S. Involvement on behalf of the almost 200 countries that have ratified the 2015 deal. Trump has called Global Warming a hoax and has pledged to cancel the landmark climate agreement. Happening now. Dozens of wildfires burning across the southeastern u. S. More than 100,000 acres have burned in six states. Outdoor burn bans have been issued. There are air quality warnings that in some cases mandatory evacuation orders. Investigators say many of the fires were intentionally set in one case and this is just hard to believe but true. A man confessed he started a fire in Eastern Kentucky to get more facebook followers. An official for new York City Transit says the agency needs to give more thought for adding safety barriers on subway platforms. 44 people have been killed by trains in the city this year, either by jumping on to the tracks or being pushed off the platforms. There were 50 fatalities in 2015. The agency currently has a Pilot Program involving an alarm that alerts a train operator that someone may be on the tracks. Still ahead on abc 7 news, how a smartphone could help detect skin cancer. And the new fight over the rights to princes music. Find out who is staking a claim now. Im Spencer Christian from mt. Tam we see partly clear skies over the bay and clouds here by the weekend along with rain. Ill giv theres a moment of truth. And now with victoza® a better moment of proof. 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The Parent Company of title has filed Court Documents claiming exclusive streaming rights to princes catalog. Rock nation says prince and title made an agreement before prescriptions death for streaming rights to all of princes music and to two unreleased albums. Prince was well known for protecting his music and declining requests from streaming services and having his music pulled from sites like youtube. And well start with live doppler 7 showing lots of clouds over the bay area right now and a couple of patches of spotty drizzle. Tomorrow well see mainly sunny skies and breezy at the coast. High temperatures will range from upper 50s at the coast to only low and mid60s elsewhere. Going to be a cooler day than today was and we have some rain chances ahead mainly over the weekend. We expect the storm ranking 1 on the storm impact scale coming through saturday into sunday. 80 to 90 chance of rain over the weekend tapering off to a chance of lingering morning showers on monday. Heres the forecast animation starting at 5 00 saturday morning. Well start to see the first areas of pockets of rain moving in early start continuing through the weekend, through sunday night, as a matter of fact, into early monday morning before it all tapers off. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. A couple of mostly sunny days coming our way tomorrow and thursday. It will be very chilly thursday morning with low temperatures in some inland areas and dropping into the upper 30s, but milder weather will come back on friday along with clouds over the weekend and, of course, two days of rain. Lingering chance of showers early monday and partly cloudy and dry next tuesday, but it does look like going into early next week our temperature pattern will remain in a more seasonal range and not a return to mild weather, springlike weather we had last week. Thanks, spencer. Coming up. Are you ready for some crab. How much crab will there actually be . We wont know until we pull them. Lots of hope as we kick off the commercial crab season after last years disastrous delay. Im 7 on your sides Michael Finney. Theres a new reason to pack light the next time you travel. The bag exchange ann crab season got under way and didnt take long for the first catch to arrive in San Francisco. Abc 7 was at pier had a when the first boats arrived a few hours ago to unload crates filled with krabds. Fishermen say crabbing has been kind of spotty so far because of the weather. Youll recall a dangerous toxin shortened last years season and really devastated the crab industry. Abc 7 News Reporter matt keller tells us theres a lot of hope out there for a big catch this year. Reporter the pots at the Santa Cruz Harbor are filled with hope but upon return there better be more than that. Hope they are stuffed with crab, dungeness. Reporter hundreds were up before the otters came out to play kicking off the official crab season. We wont know until we pull them so, you know, just see what happens in the next couple of days. It will be real telling reporter sport fishermen got first crab at the crack and are reporting few in the pots in the monterrey bay. Commercial fishermen deep into the deeper water where more crab may be but anything is better than last season. Im glad that the crab are well and edible and i just its a little weight off my shoulder. Reporter last season was delayed several months until long after the holidays were over after Dangerous Levels of acid was found in the crab. The fishing industry lost millions. Yeah, im still suffering the effects. I think everyone is. Reporter kevin me lg er is the captain of the puffin and has hundreds of pots going out this week. The key, catching the crab when they are in demand for the holiday season. They didnt have a lot of crab last year so they are pretty happy. Everyone wants it during thanksgiving and christmas and new years. Its nice. They will get it this year. Reporter right now the Purchase Price has not been agreed upon and i did talk to several people and they said the wholesale price will be around 3 a pound and that means when you go to the market it will be about 6 a pound. In santa cruz, matt keller, abc news. On to consumer news and united is making changes that you normally only see with nofrill airlines. 7 on your sides Michael Finney has the details. Ins a gamechanger. You think so . That face says it all. Good way or bad way. United airlines is hoping to lure customers with no lower fares but theres a catch, always is. The seats are called basic economy. Travelers are limited to one carryon bag that has to fit underneath the seat. They cant use the overhe had bins. United claims the new rules will speed up the boarding process. Customers can pay extra to add a pats jer add ear carryon or checked bag. Also the new fares will not have assigned seats until the day of the departure. United is the betting customers will be willing to give up some of the features for cheaper fares. The contents of those yummy Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is the now a legal battle in california. A doughnut lover is suing krispy kreme alleging its chocolate iced raspberryfilled and glazed raspberry doughnuts dont actually contain any real raspberries. Instead of fruit, the lawsuit claims customers are getting lots of flavorings and food coloring, maple and blueberry doughnuts are also under scrutiny. We contacted krispy kreme, and they declined to comment on pending litigation. Motor trend has named the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle as its car of the year. The vehicle is not available in california until next month. Get this. It can go 238 miles on a full charge. It retails for just 37,500 and most car buyers will pay less than that because they will qualify for federal tax credits of about 7,500. Now, i want to hear from you. The 7 on your side hotline is open monday through friday from 10 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. You can also reach me hon my Facebook Page and through abc7news. Com. I was out and about today and a guy came up to me and said i have your phone number on speed dial, and he showed it to me. Were there. Has he called me. He has not needed me yet. Lets see what happens after he gets a seat in basic economy. Oh, yeah. Thank you, michael. Fans of apple will soon have a whole new way to admire the companys products. Tomorrow apple will begin selling a picture book about itself for 300. Whoa. Yeah. Its called designed by apple in california. Its a hardbound book showcasing 450 images of apple products over the last 20 years. It begins with the 1998 imac and ends with the 2015 apple pencil, a stylus for the ipad pro. Smaller version of the book will sell for just 200. Reasonable. Yeah, yeah, its dedicated to the memory of steve jobs. Yeah. If thats what you get me for christmas. Yeah. We have a problem. Dont worry, you dont have to look forward to that. Or maybe nothing at all. In todays wellness report ibm is using a cell phone to help diagnose skin cancer. And fewer American Parents are spanking their kids. Reporter ibm researchers have developed a Computer System that Early Research says is expert as detecting skin cancer and ibm needs more testing to test itself. It was given foes photos of skin lesions taken with a smartphone attachment and connects them to a database and was correct 76 of the time. Spanking and hitting children to discipline them has been steadily on the decline. The research from Georgetown University says physical discipline has fallen from 46 in 1988 to 21 today. Meantime, timeouts have risen over that same time period. Now if youre 40 or older, you may want to consider taking cholesterol drugs. The u. S. Preventive Services Task force recommends this even if someone has no history of heart disease. The report greatly expands the university verse of people that should be taking the drugs. People concerned about this should discuss it with their doctors, and there is notp even one surprising benefit of sleeping more. The university of san diego found additional sleep can translate into thousands of more dollars in wages. They say its about the subtle interplay between how people schedule their lives to get sleep and how name packets worker performance and ultimately pay. From the nasdaq, im jane king. Heres to your health. Abc 7 news at 4 00 continues. A north Bay Golf Course is slated for closure and some residents say not so fast. Why they say it cant shut down. And dan with a look at whats coming up at 5 00. Coming up next, Colin Kaepernick answers his critics. Why he says not voting doesnt make him a hypocrite, and plus why it may be time to change your smoke alarm. 7 on your sides Michael Finney explains. Also, Online Shopping and what maybe the best days for deals. 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Coming up in prime at this time, at 8 00 its the middle followed by american housewife followed by fresh off the boat and then the real oneals followed by david blaine. Beyond magic. What if a pill could make you more alert and possibly smarter. The bear area is ground zero for a new type of supplement and residents say its giving them an edge at home, at schooled and on the job. How they work and what the potential risks are. In a quiet Golf Course Community of petaluma residents are getting ready for a meeting that may have considerable impact on their property volumes. Their problem, the Adobe Creek Golf Club will soon be closing. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman is live at the golf course with the latest. Wayne . Reporter it hasnt been a good time for golf courses in the last ten years. 800 of them have closed. Its a bit of an economic adjustment, experts say, but adobe creek is the late toast close. The reasons, they arent getting enough players. Heres the problem. A lot of people bought homes on golf courses. They wouldnt golf course living but when the courses close what comes next . It might be a stretch for most anyone else to feel sorry for a man who lives on a golf chores, even on a rainy day, but this is Adobe Creek Golf Club in petaluma, soon tonight former adobe creek. A financial drama playing out in jack osmans backyard. One i didnt want and didnt expect. Reporter there are 330 homes in this development. Every owner paid a premium for golf course living. Last week after more than two decades course ownership announced this place will close. Im concerned about losing the golf course and the open space and views. Reporter what about your investment . And the reduction in the value of my property. Reporter adobe creek management could not talk on camera today. Off camera they told us they have done everything they could to keep this place going. They put 1100,000 into irrigation last year alone, but the players are not coming out. They are not breaking even. Though some residents wonder if management really tried that hard. They point to a restaurant and clubhouse that never opened, that never attracted golfers. I think that was their loss. They decided well let that close. Were not going to use it and show that we cant make money here. Reporter lets ask petaluma mayor bill glass. Hes concerned first and foremost about homeowners and property values. As to stepping in and saving this place, that would take a miracle shot. A city is not in a position to fill pot homes. The city is not in a position to build parks for kids. The city cannot subsidize a golf course in my mind. Thats just not in the cards. Reporter tonight a meeting of the Homeowners Association which met with course ownership yesterday. Details, a solution everyone is hoping. In petaluma, wayne flowedman, abc 7 news. Thanks for joining us for it gives me great grief to hear that thats happening. And its happening at a park popular with families and tourists. Up next, the crime and the arrest that has San Franciscos mayor speaking out. Also ahead, a demonstration against another case of Sexual Harassment at uc berkeley as the accuser shares her story with abc 7 news. Also, protests on the peninsula. The students trying to change the political message. Im abc 7 news meteorologist spatten. Once the drizzle and showers pass, it will feel like the seasons have changed. Ill have an explanation coming up. A scenic spot in San Francisco turns into the scene of a vulgar confrontation and now one man is arrested because of it. But its still unclear what charges will be filed. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im kristen sze. Thanks for joining us. That confrontation between a man and a nanny who had two Young Children with her is just one of many reported incidents of harassment or intimidation following the election. Abc 7 News Reporter Elissa Harrington is live in San Francisco with more. Reporter kristen and dan, this was called in as a hate crime, but police have not yet charged the person they believe is responsible because they are getting his Mental Health checked out. The nanny, she did suffer some scratches on her arms burks shes okay. She was watching two Young Children underneath the palm trees at fortt mason when she was attacked. A woman first reported the encounter on the social network site next door. She wrote her nanny was attacked while caring for her two children. Part of it said a man in all black came from behind, pulled her hair and neck and told her no latinos here in spanish. This happened at one of San Franciscos most